Mira Murati, the former CTO of OpenAI, rejected a $1 billion offer from Meta, demonstrating her team’s confidence in her leadership and the vision of her AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab. Despite Meta’s lucrative offers to team members, they chose to remain independent, believing in the potential of their equity and the opportunity to shape AI’s future. Mira Murati, the former CTO of OpenAI, rejected a $1 billion offer from Meta, demonstrating her team’s confidence in her leadership and the vision of her AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab. Despite Meta’s lucrative offers to team members, they chose to remain independent, believing in the potential of their equity and the opportunity to shape AI’s future.